Rail-anchor.



W. M. MITCHELL.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATIQN FILED AU G.24| 1-917.

1,244,;356. Patented Oct. 23, 1917.

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ran srarns PATENT @FFEQE WILLIAM M. MITCHELL, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

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Be it knownthat 1, WILLIAM ELL, a citizen'oi the United States, and a resident of Louisville, county of Jefferson, and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail- Anchors, of the following is asp'ecification."

'The improvement relates to anchors for preventing the longitudinal creeping of railway rails and seeks to provide a "cheap,

simple 'form by which the spikes which 'secure the rail to the cross ties can be utilized to preventcreeping; It has heretofore'been proposed'to prevent creeping of the rail by providing its base with a notch for receiving one of the spikes or by providing a bar bolted mule rail and arranged to engage a spike, but such constructions necessarily, cut away and weaken the metal body of the rail. It has also been proposed to weld'the spikes to the rail. While such a construction avoids weakening the metal body of the rail,;it is open to the objection that the wave motion or the rail effected'by the passa'g'e of heavy trains will cause'the spike to work-up and. down-in" the tie and injure it.

tion the rails and tie plates cannot be readily renewed 'separately.

; In accordance with "the present invention a short" metal lug is fused orw'elded at its innerend to one side of the rail'base, projects outwardly over the railseating face of the tie or tie plate and engages or cooperates with one of the spikes to prevent the longitudinal creeping of the rail. Such a construction'is extremely :cheap' and efficient,

I can be'readily appliedand 'does not afi'ect or interferewith the ordinary operationor renewals of the rails, spikes, ties and tie plates, except that it eifectively' prevents thecreepi'ngof the rail. The essential features of the invention are hereinafter more fully set forth, are illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointedv out in the appended claims.

win the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view;

f of-a railroad rail equipped with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a section onthe: line M. Mrron 2'2 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view show faces of the ties 11 or, as indicated in Figs; 3 and 4, upon. the rail seating tie plates '12 interposed between the base of the rail and the ties. The rail is preferably'secured to the ties as usual, by spikes '13 driven into the ties with the spike heads overlapping the edge portions of the rail base.

The anchors for preventing the creeping of the rail are in the form of short metal Patented Oct. 23,1911. Application fil ed August 24,1917. Serial N0.1 87,915. i i A I i v lugsseparate from the spikes and tie-plates and preferably formed of short sections of flat bars of forged iron or steel.

The flat metal lug 14 shown applied to the right-hand side of the rail in .Figs. 1 and 2, abuts against and is fused or welded to the edge of the rail base, projects outwardly therefrom "over and in contact with the upper rail-seatin face of the tie andis cut away ornotche to provide a recess 15 through which the rail-retaining spike 13 passes, the opposite edges of the recess forming abutrnents that engage the opposite sides of the spike to prevent creeping of therail.

The anchor lug 14 can be readily welded to the edge of the rail base by using a portable oxy-acetylene torch to fuse together the adjacent portions of the, rail base and lug. But preferably the upper portion of the inner edge of the lug is'cut away or beveled and, While the adj acent edge portions of the rail base and anchor are heated nearly 'to the fusion point, metal fused from a steel redis run into the space between them to form a fillet, as indicated at a. The fillet is thus united or incorporated with the metal of the rail base and anchoring so that the latter is permanently' secured to the rail base without weakening the metal body thereof. Y j g V The anchor lug 16 shown. a plied to the left hand side of therail in Pligs. 1 and 2, ismade from a short section of a fiat, forged iron or steel bar and is oil'setfbetween its ends to form a shoulder 17 that abuts against the inner edge of the rail base and an inner end portion 18 that overlaps the upper face of the rail base. The parts are fused or welded to the upper face and edge portion i -the rail p y y added'metal fillets extending about the edge of the inner portion of the anchor lug as indicated at b. In this form, the rail-retaining spike 13 extends through an opening 19 in the outer projecting portion of the lug.

The anchor lug 20 shown at the left-hand side of Figs. 3 and 4 is similar to the anchor lug 16 except that it does not directly engage a rail retaining spike, but instead abuts against the edge of the tie plate 12 which is held against movement by the spikes. The anchor lug shown applied to the right-hand side of the rail in Figs. 3 and 4: is formed of two members 21 which project outwardly from the edge of therail base over the face of the-tie plate and form a spike receiving recess 22 between them which registers or is in line with one of the spike holes in the plate. The lug members 21, in the form shown, are, like the lugs 16 and 20, provided with shoulders 17 and inner end portions 18 engaged and secured to the edge and upper face of the adjacent base flanged by welding fillets b;

The improved rail anchoring means is inexpensive, can be readily applied, does not interfere with the ordinary operation and renewals of the spikes and tie-plates, and effectively cooperates with the spikes to prevent creeping without requiring the use of more spikes that are usually employed in securing the rail in position. Changes may be made in the details set forth without departure from the essentials of the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim as my invention l. The comblnation with a rail, a supporting cross-tie having a rail seat, and a spike for securing the rail to the tie, of a short metal anchor-lug extending outwardly from the rail base over the face of said rail seat and engaging said spike, the inner end portion of said lug being fused or Welded at its edge to one side of the rail.

2. The combination with a rail, a supporting cross-tie having a rail seat, and a spike or securing the rail to the tie, of a short metal lug having the inner end portion thereof engagin and fillet-welded at its edge to the base ange of the rail, said In extending outwardly over the face of sa1d rail seat and engaging said spike to thereby hold the rail against creeping.

3. The combination with a rail, its supporting cross-tie and a spike driven into the tie with the head en aging one of the base flanges'of the rail, 0 an anchor comprising a short metal lug engaging said spike and fused or welded to the base flange at a point adjacent said spike.

4:- The combination with a rail and a supporting cross-tie having a rail seat, of a spike driven into the tie adjacent the rail, a short metal anchor-lug projecting outwardly from the rail base over the face of said rail seat and en aging said spike, said lug bein fused or we ded at its inner end to the rai base at a point adjacent said spike.

5. The combination with. a rail, a support ing cross-tie having a rail seat, and a spike for securing the rail to the tie, of a short metal anchor fused or welded to the rail base at a point adjacent said spike and projecting outwardly from the rail base over the face of said rail seat, said anchor having a recess the ed es of which engage the opposite sides of said spike to hold the rail against creeping.

6. The combination with a rail, its supporting cross tie, a rail seating plate on said tie, and a spike extending through said plate and into said tie and engaging the rail base, of a separate anchor comprising a metal lug fused or welded at its inner end to one side of the rai and cooperating with said spike to hold tne rail against creeping.

7. The combination with a rail, its supporting cross-tie, a rail seating plate on said tie, and a spike extending through said plate and into said tie, of an anchor comprlsing a metal lug fused or welded at its inner end to one side of the rail and extending outwardly over the face of said plate and engaging said spike.

8. The combination-with a rail, its supporting cross-tie, a rail seating plate on said tie, and spikes extending through said plate and into said tie, of an anchor fused or welded at the inner end to one side of the rail and extending outwardly over the face of said plate and having a spike engaging recess in line with one of the spike holes in said plate.

9. The combination with a rail, a supporting cross-tie, and a spike driven into said tie adjacent the rail base, of an anchor comprising a short, fiat metal lug projecting outwardly from the rail base and engaging said spike, said lug having a part abutting against the edge of the rail base and the inner end portion of said lug being filletwelded at its edge to the rail base. v

10. The combination with a rail, a supporting cross-tie, and a spike driven into said tie adjacent the rail base, of an anchor comprising a short, fiat metal lug projecting outwardly from the rail base and enga 'ng said spike, said lug having a shoulder a utting against the edge of the rail base and an inner end portion overlapping and welded to the upper face of the rail base.

11. A one-piece rail anchor formed of a short section of a flat metal bar adapted'to abut against and be fused or welded to one of the flanges of the rail base and to project outwardly therefrom over the rail seating face into engagement with a rail-retaining spike.

12. A one-piece rail anchor formed of a short section of a fiat metal bar offset hetween its ends to form a shoulder arranged to abut against the edge of the rail base, an inner portion arranged to overlie and be fused or welded to the upper face of the rail base and an outer portion arranged to extend outwardly over the rail seat and engage a rail-retaining spike.

13. The combination with a rail, a supporting cross tie, a rail seating plate on said tie and a spike extending through said piate and into said tie, of a separate anchor comprising a metal lug fused or Welded to an exposed face of one of the baseflanges of the rail and cooperating with said spike to hold the rail against creeping.

14:. The combination with a rail, a sup porting cross tie, a rail seating plate on said tie, of a rail retaining spike extending through said plate and into sald tie, of a separate anchor comprising a metal lug fused 20 or welded to an exposed face of one of the flanges of the rail base and projecting outwardly therefrom, said lug engaging said plate and cooperating with said spike to hold the rail against creeping.

WILLIAM M. MITCHELL.

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